Agenda

Pick up your badge, grab a hot coffee, and start connecting! We’re setting the stage for a wonderful day exploring how engineering teams spot, tackle, and embrace friction. Doors open early—come meet our sponsors and catch up with the community!

Opening Remarks & Welcome

The ShipItCon team takes the stage to kick off the day! Join Tom and John as they welcome everyone, share some opening thoughts on navigating friction across software delivery, and thank our incredible sponsors. They’ll run through important announcements to get the day started before handing over to CK.

Please welcome our first ShipItCon 2026 speaker to the stage!

World-renowned author and microservices expert Sam Newman kicks off ShipItCon 2026! Join us as Sam explores the shifting engineering landscape and where systems and human friction live today.

Please welcome Brian Scanlan to the stage! Brian is a Principal Systems Engineer at Fin (formerly Intercom), where he focuses on the resilience, architecture, and performance of large-scale distributed infrastructure. With deep expertise in scaling backend platforms and navigating the friction of complex systems, Brian will take us behind the scenes of keeping high-availability engines running seamlessly at scale.

Please welcome Jennifer Cox to the ShipItCon stage! A leader in cybersecurity and modern engineering operations, Jennifer takes us through the human and technical friction of security, showing how teams can stay secure while continuing to ship fast.

The Round Room catering staff have a selection of treats, tea, and coffee ready outside. Take 15 minutes to stretch your legs, grab a coffee, and we’ll see you back here shortly. A huge special thanks to this year’s Hospitality Sponsor, Toast!

Please welcome Abby Bangser! Abby brings her rich background in observability, test strategy, and platform engineering to explore how modern teams can tackle system friction, streamline workflows, and speed up feedback loops.

Please welcome Patrick Kua! Drawing on his rich history as a CTO, thought leader, and mentor to tech leads worldwide, Patrick takes the stage to break down how to tackle friction across teams, systems, and leadership models in modern software delivery.

Please welcome Wolfgang Therrien! Drawing on his extensive experience in frontend systems and GenAI observability at Honeycomb.io, Wolfgang takes the stage to break down how to tackle interpersonal friction, align business needs with engineering, and get time on the calendar to ship what matters.

Please welcome Fernanda Mafra! Drawing on 15 years of multidisciplinary design experience and her current work at Toast, Fernanda explores how AI acts as a human-centric bridge to cut through friction, speed up feedback loops, and reconnect design and engineering teams.

Get ready for a dynamic and insightful discussion led by our returning moderator, Damien Marshall! He’ll guide our brilliant panel through the essential technical and human considerations that arise from navigating friction in modern software delivery.

Panelists:

• Andreea Wade

• Patrick Kua

• Stephen Carey

• Arthur O’Regan

Please welcome Remo Jansen! Technical Lead at Marsh McLennan, creator of InversifyJS, and long-time open-source contributor, Remo brings his vast expertise in software architecture and modern web engineering to help teams spot and remove friction from their delivery pipelines.

Please welcome Bojana Popovska! Drawing on her rich background as a Principal Software Engineer (ex-Microsoft, ex-AWS), Bojana takes the stage to share actionable insights on overcoming architectural friction, simplifying complexity, and building software that scales.

Please welcome Braddy Yeoh! Drawing on his deep background across infrastructure, machine learning, and product engineering at Solidroad and Tines, Braddy takes the stage to break down how to eliminate friction where software design, system performance, and user needs intersect.

Time for a quick afternoon pick-me-up! Enjoy a fresh selection of tea, coffee, and afternoon treats provided by The Round Room staff. A huge thank you to this year’s Hospitality Sponsor, Toast, for keeping us energized!

Closing out ShipItCon 2026, please welcome Jamie Danielson to the stage! Jamie is a Senior Software Engineer II at Honeycomb.io with a passion for developer experience, observability, and AI integration. To finish off our day, Jamie presents her talk, “The Friction Is the Point: Planning Before Prompting,” exploring how intentional friction and deliberate planning are essential to shipping better software alongside modern AI tools.

Join us for the grand finale of ShipItCon 2026! We’ll be presenting the Community Champions Awards, sponsored by Zartis, to celebrate individuals in the Irish tech community who truly embody the spirit of giving back and uplifting others. Stick around to see if you’ve won one of our fantastic raffle prizes, followed by insightful closing remarks from CK to wrap up an incredible day!

Official After Party at Hyde Dublin!

Ready to wrap up ShipItCon 2026 in style? Join us at Hyde Dublin (hydedublin.com) right after the event. Whether you want to reflect on the day’s insights, network with speakers and sponsors, or just grab a drink and relax, everyone is welcome!